Westminster Village shows off completed Phase 1 of its new senior living villas

By Deb McKee
The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE May 07, 2008 09:51 pm

— Tom and Joan Reed are looking forward to moving into their new home, just one of the many new senior-living villas recently built at the Villas of Westminster.
The Reeds, both 76, came to an open house at the Westminster Village retirement community Wednesday to take another look at their new house before moving in.
“It’s still close to regular living and we will still have a certain amount of privacy,” Tom Reed said.
Other residents and potential residents visiting Westminster Village on Wednesday got a taste of what the community has to offer as the facility showed off the completed Phase 1 of its new senior living villas.
The Villas at Westminster, independent homes on Terre Haute’s south side, are two-bedroom, two-car garage duplexes complete with porches, full kitchens, dining rooms and living rooms. They start at $150,000 and do not go above $200,000, according to Jake Steivang, executive director for Westminster Village.
Since Phase 1 began last August, 18 units have been sold, and residents began moving in to completed units in November. Phase 2, which began Wednesday, will include construction of 14 additional villas.
Residents of the villas must be 55 or older.
Steivang said Wednesday’s open house was “really to showcase our second phase of independent living villas that are outside of the larger part of the building … just to show the community what we have to offer.”
About 100 people from the community attended the open house and were treated to refreshments such as shrimp cocktail, a chicken entree and bread pudding.
The facility at Westminster features recreation activities, a library, a fitness center, 35 acres of grounds and ponds, a computer lab, a banking center, a hair salon and a general store, according to Elizabeth Robertson, sales and marketing director for Westminster Village.
Steivang said in addition to the independent senior villas, the building includes about 170 apartment units, as well as a 39-bed assisted living unit and a 70-bed health-care center, all attached to the same community.
“The main goal of a continuing care retirement community is that they’ll never have to leave this place once they’re here,” Steivang added. “If they need services … we’re able to meet their needs, from minimal assistance to 24-hour nursing care.”
Steivang said, “No matter what would happen to [residents] financially or healthwise, they will always have a place here.”

Deb Kelly can be reached at (812) 231-4254 or deb.kelly@tribstar.com.

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